Olympics Football Schedule A look at the way the teams are matched up and the schedule Men’s Fixtures.. Women’s Fixtures..
Brazil’s quest for the elusive Olympic gold Brazil led by Neymar kick off their quest for that long awaited elusive Olympic Gold medal by playing South...
USA without Abby Wambach for the first time in 10 years The US women’s team- defending world and Olympic champions – begin their Olympic campaign in Mineirao against New Zealand...
Tacticians who changed the game From left to right-Linus Michels who along with Johan Cruyff and total football led Ajax to three consecutive European...
Messi calls it quits after Copa heartbreak Messi announced his retirement from international football after Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America finals on penalties...
Nike create brilliant new Euro 2016 ad Starring C Ronaldo and a body switch. Ronaldo gets an A+ for his acting and Nike have taken this...
Brilliant Euro 2016 artwork ESPN got French artist Florian Nicolle to create 24 awesome team posters for the 2016 European Championship.Some are posted...
Euro 2016 warmup friendlies France narrowly beat Cameroon 3-2 with an injury time winner.Dimitri Payet scored a last-gasp wonder free-kick to help the...
Pathetic England edges Turkey: 2-1 England wins – with help from the referee (Debbie Wasserman Shulz)! Seriously though, England has a long way to go if...
BARFTIME: Preview of Official Song of Euro 2016 A 25 second preview of the official Euro 2016 tournament song by French ‘DJ’ David Guetta and featuring Swedish...
Brandi Chastain inducted to National Soccer Hall of Fame Congratulations to Brandi Chastain for her induction to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Well deserved kudos for her...
Copa America Centenario: Klinsmann announces 40 man roster including Christian Pulisic call up 17 year old rising star Christian Pulisic makes the roster. The name Eric Lichaj will cause some eyebrows to...
Brazil has a 100 days left Exactly One Hundred days left to countdown to the Rio Olympics in August 2016. That’s how much time Brazil...
US Women’s lawsuit: Existing equal pay clauses not being enforced A fitting analogy for the camps debating men and women soccer pay parity would be Wall St traders vs...
Mickael Roche scores a crazy own goal Tahiti goalkeeper Mickael Roche’s previous claim to fame was that he was the goalkeeper when Tahiti were beaten 10...
Soccerblog supports pay parity for the US Women’s soccer team We fully support the wage discrimination lawsuit filed by US Women soccer players Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo,...
USA U23 crash out to Colombia U23 missing out on 2016 Olympics (agg 2-3) The U23 did nothing to spoil the narrative US men’s football is stalling. They lost to Colombia in the...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: In crucial win USA knock four unanswered past Guatemala No love for Klinsmann. Lando must feel some vindication. Jurgen Klinsmann went to his veterans this time to bolster...
Ronaldo Portugal’s all time leading goal scorer Ronaldo scored his 56th goal for his country as Portugal beat Belgium 2-0 in a friendly. Belgium were without...
Argentina beat Bolivia comforably Argentina beat Bolivia 2 – 0 to remain comfortably placed in the qualifying table for World Cup 2018. Bolivia...
Paraguay hold Brazil in 6th place Paraguay held Brazil to a two all draw and thus Brazil remain in 6th place in the standings.Paraguay are...
Holland bring England back to earth Hodgson had warned that England must not get carried away after their spectacular comeback win in Germany and a...
Spain unable to beat Romania because they had the numbers Romania held a struggling Spain to a goalless draw in a friendly in preparation for Euro 2016. Vicente del...
England’s basis for optimism: Club level resilience and collectivism Jamie Vardy’s brilliant improvisation and first England goal There is the usual plethora of opposing reactions to the Three...
Suarez scores comeback equaliser Suarez made his first competitive start for Uruguay since being handed a nine-match suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio...
England come back to beat Germany Toni Kroos scored a super goal just before half time and Mario Gomez header made it 2-0 shortly after....
World Cup 2018 qualifier: High flying Mexico finish off Canada The low key Juan Carlos Osorio has gotten El Tri off to a blinding start. Make it four out...
World Cup 2018 qualifier: Guatemala heap misery on poorly playing mistake prone USA Jurgen Klinsmann looks a bit sad, so too the national side The regression of the MNT under Jurgen Klinsmann...
Ronaldo misses second penalty in a row Ronaldo is on a hat trick of missed penalties.He missed from the spot for Real Madrid against Sevilla on...
Ten best things Johan Cruyff did 1. With Rinus Michels, gave the world total football, revolutionizing the game, adopted by clubs like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern...
Dutch master and football’s savant Johan Cruyff passes away at age 68 One of the game’s legends has passed on fighting till the very end his battle with cancer. Johan Cruyff...
Mario Kempes Stadium unfit for Argentina’s big game Argentina are going in to their World Cup 2018 qualifier against Bolivia with only 5 points in hand. Despite...
Suarez back in time to play Brazil Luis Suarez has completed his 9 month ban for taking a bite out of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014...
Soccerblog supports pay parity for the US Women’s soccer team We fully support the wage discrimination suit filed by Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, and Becky...
The Force Awakens in the Spanish Team The Spanish Football Team star in a promo for the new Star Wars.So this time Vicente del Bosque is...
The Cruyff Turn lives The legendary Cruyff Turn has,you will be glad to know,not passed into legend to be forgotten. Here’s Robin Singh...
Argentina beat Colombia A Messi- less Argentina’s World Cup Campaign hasn’t been going exactly to plan.But a 1 – 0 win over...
Brazil beat Peru to go third Brazil beat Peru 3-0 to take third position in the World Cup qualifiers. Douglas Costa, Renato Augusto and Filipe...
Uruguay thrash Chile in World Cup qualifier Uruguay made their best start in a World Cup qualifying campaign since 1989 and are sitting pretty on nine...
France play their first post Paris game France played their first post Paris international against England.Rooney and Dele Alli scored the two goals of the game.France...
Sign of our times Belgium have called off a friendly against champions Spain.The game was supposed to have been on Tuesday evening but...
Argentina still search for elusive win The voodoo curse that some Peruvian fans directed towards Alexis Sanchez seems to have hit Tevez by mistake.Argentina certainly...
Voodoo fails to stop Sanchez Some misguided Peru fans thought that putting a voodoo curse on Alexis Sanchez would keep him from scoring against...
Willian brace gives Brazil win Brazil beat Venezuela 3 – 1 in the South American Group of 2018 World Cup qualifiers – their first...
Euro qualifications almost done 14 of the qualifiers have already been finalised and in have landed up in one pot or another depending...
The curse of the Weird Third If you were lamenting Holland’s early exit from Euro 2016 you may be interested to know that they are...
Ronaldo given time off Portugal beat Serbia 2-1 to keep the top spot in Group I. Nani scored the opening goal in the...
Jurgen Klinsmann is running out of time and ideas Four years into Jurgen Klinsmann’s tenure and 76 matches later, there is an increasing sense the US men’s side...
Holland’s hopes hang by a thread Turkey beat the Czech Republic 2 – 0 yesterday and Holland’s Euro qualification now depends on whether they will...
Wales finally qualify after a 57 year wait Wales qualified for UEFA Euro 2016, despite being beaten 2-0 by Bosnia and Herzegovina. They qualified on the strength...
Cesc Fabregas notches up highest number of assists ever They say that second fiddle is about the hardest instrument to learn to play.Fabregas is really good at it....
Dunga’s Brazil beaten by Chile in World Cup qualifier Second-half goals from Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez saw Chile to a 2-0 win over Brazil in their World...
Ecuador score historic win over Argentina Ecuador defeated Argentina 2-0 in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. It was the first time that Ecuador had ever...